Jubal Early and Inara
POSTED BY: InevitableBetrayal
UPDATED: Friday, December 17, 2004 08:18
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So today my wife and I watched Objects in Space, one of my faves. As I watched, I thought to myself how Early never wastes any words. He may, by his own admission, go on at times, but everything the man says means something (cf. with his statement, "That's not a shepherd"). Even when he's threatening Kaylee, he doesn't go over the top with it. He just says exactly what he needs to say in order to guarantee her compliance. And then he says no more.
Progessing to the point, it makes me wonder why Early would mention that only women can bear children. Now, if by that he meant that Inara is strong, then I doubt he would have gone through the circumlocution required to discuss the whole child-bearing issue.
So the question is, why did Early say that? What was on his mind? Could it be that everyone's favorite companion is, *gasp*, pregnant? Or that perhaps she's in the mood to bear a baby?
Thoughts?
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Or maybe Early himself has a child somewhere. Perhaps begotten on a Companion (or ex-Companion), or possibly even from a rape (for the kind of psychopath River described, it wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility).
Or heck, maybe a clone (assuming Jayne wasn't being completely imbecilic in "Safe"), neatly sidestepping the imlied unfairness ("that seem right to you?") of only women being capable of bearing children.
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Crap i double posted!
PsychicRiver
"Two by two, hands of blue." 
"We can take care of each other. I'll knit!"
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Well we have always been led to believe that Inara has a secret or is running from something. Could it be she had a child which for some reason she had to give up? I mean we already know that Early knows exactly how to handle everyone. He physically takes out Mal and Book, threatens Kaylee with rape, and threatens Simon with Kaylee. Could it be the comment about bearing children was they way he saw how to deal with her?
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"Two by two, hands of blue."
"We can take care of each other. I'll knit!"
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good observation..
and interesting theory.
Of course we need to tie it in to the box w/the syringe to make it work...
but definitely food for thought
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Quote:Companions are neither exclusively male nor exclusively female, and can assume the most advantageous conformation given the appropriate preparation, but are sterile. Early warns Inara that he is aware of her abilities, and that she should maintain her cover. That's no shepherd, either.
Originally posted by embers:
Of course we need to tie it in to the box w/the syringe to make it work...
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That's a very good point. I'm going to have to watch Objects in Space again (it's a tough job but...yadda yadda 
). I mean he does seem a bit off at times. The "Am I a lion?" thing for example. Then again he does seem extremly intuitive. Maybe our companion is pregnant. Which could be a very good reason for her leaving Serenity.
Oh oh oh and that also could be another explination for Inara's extreme reaction to Mal's "Me with a passel of critters underfoot?" (er something like that) line. The siringe could have been a suicide thing just not for her...for her baby. Could she be taking something to stop the baby from growing but not killing it?
I like it...very thought provoking.
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Originally posted by embers:
good observation..
and interesting theory.
Of course we need to tie it in to the box w/the syringe to make it work...
Everyone assumes it's a suicide kit, even though Joss explicitly stated it's not. Perhaps it was some kind of medical treatment (innoculation or somesuch) for the baby. And now that the reavers are here, she is reflecting on the pointlessness of caring for an unborn baby who's going to by slain by reavers.
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Quote:I like the notion that River can access minds in a more active fashion, in addition to the passive reading of repressed thoughts and emotions, but that this interferes with the observed object. So Early suffers misperception (hearing a lion for Alliance or not hearing You're a bounty hunter) and released behaviour (licking the stanchion like a baby) or emotions (whatever confusion the jump-cutting represents).
Originally posted by Zeek:
I mean he does seem a bit off at times. The "Am I a lion?" thing for example.
This has links to the reification of River's abilities in the box-in-the-chair we see in the opening dance sequence. River can open a box, rummage through a box or pull things out of a box.
Once again, these thoughts are my own responsibility
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Everyone assumes it's a suicide kit ...
I see you're not reading my stuff - probably a defense mechanism
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